The Sabapathi Welfare camp IDPs' Joint Prayer was stopped by unknown persons' intervention on 5th Sep 2014 in Jaffna

The Sabapathi Welfare camp IDPs have organized a Joint Prayer on 5th Sep 2014 around 03.00pm in Jaffna northern province of Sri Lanka, thus the intervention of unknown persons the organizers stopped the event. some of the villagers are working against to the IDPs in order to gain economic benefits so the poor marginalized IDPs are still suffering in the welfare camps. at the same time people are living under the threat in this camp, this situation lead the people to be quite. some unknown persons threatened them to remove the stage which was proposed to hold the joint prayer.

 

Sabapathi welfare camp people have handed over a petition to the Administartive Officer of the District Secretariat in Jaffna on 05th Sep, 2014

Sabapathi welfare camp people have handed over a petition to the Administartive Officer of the District Secretariat in Jaffna. The IDPs mentioned in the petition that they need at least a basic facilities until they resettle in their own places. at this moment , the Internal Displaced persons do not have enough drinking water or toilets as well as their temporary huts were broken so those should be built again.Praja Abhilasha coordinator and the Women coordinator and PPD coordinator of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement were present for the event. National Fisheries Solidarity Movement took initiatives for this event.